16 Amendments of Kostas CHRYSOGONOS related to 2017/0128(COD)
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital -1 (new)
Recital -1 (new)
(-1) All EU citizens have the right to liberty and security of person (Article 6 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ('the Charter')), the right to respect for private and family life (Article 7 of the Charter), the right to protection of their personal data (Article 8 of the Charter).
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) It is necessary to provide for the widespread deployment of electronic toll systems in the Member States and neighbouring countries, and to have, as far as possible, reliable, user friendly, cost- efficient, interoperable systems suited to the future development of road-charging policy at Union level and to future technical developments.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Artificial barriers to the operation of the internal market should be removed, while still allowing the Member States and the Union to implement a variety of road- charging policies for all types of vehicles at local, national or international level. The equipment installed in vehicles should allow such road-charging policies to be implemented in accordance with the principles of non-discrimination between the citizens of all Member States. Th, while fully respecting all fundamental rights. The reliable interoperability of electronic toll systems at Union level based on the refore needs tospect of fundamental rights should therefore be ensured as soon as possible.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) It should be confirmed that the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS) is legally provided by EETS providers, as specified in Commission Decision 2009/750/EC17 and in full compliance with fundamental rights. _________________ 17 Commission Decision 2009/750/EC of 6 October 2009 on the definition of the European Electronic Toll Service and its technical elements (OJ L 268, 13.10.2009, p. 11).
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The specific characteristics of electronic tolling systems which are today applied to light-duty vehicles should be taken into account. Since no such electronic tolling systems currently use satellite positioning or mobile communications, EETS providers should be allowed, for a limited period of time, to provide light-duty vehicles with on-board equipment suitable for use with the 5.8 GHz technology only.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Member States should be required to provide the Commission information and data necessary to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the system for exchanging information on those who fail to pay a road fee with full respect for protection of personal data. The Commission should be required to assess the data and information obtained, and to propose, if necessary, amendments to the legislation.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to ensure the interoperability of electronic road toll systems and to legally facilitate the cross- border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the adapting to technological progress of the list of technologies which can be used for carrying out electronic toll transactions in electronic toll systems which require the installation or use of on- board equipment. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
EETS providers shall make available to users on-board equipment which is suitable for use, interoperable and capable of communicating with all electronic toll systems in service in the Member States using the technologies listed in Annex IV.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. Until 31 December 2027, EETS providers may provide users of light-duty vehicles with on-board equipment suitable for use only with the 5.8 GHz microwave technology.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Those automated searches shall be conducted in full compliance with the procedures referred to in points 2 and 3 of Chapter 3 of the Annex to Council Decision 2008/616/JHA26 and with the requirements of Annex II to this Directive as well as in full compliance with all fundamental rights. _________________ 26 Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 12).
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the exchange of information is carried out by interoperable electronic means without exchange of data involving other databases which are not used for the purposes of this Directive. Member States shall ensure that such exchange of information is conducted in a cost-efficient and secure manner. Member States shall firmly commit to ensureing the security and protection of the data transmitted, as far as possible using existing software applications such as the one referred to in Article 15 of Decision 2008/616/JHA and amended versions of those software applications, in compliance with Annex II to this Directive and with points 2 and 3 of Chapter 3 of the Annex to Decision 2008/616/JHA. The amended versions of the software applications shall provide for both online real-time exchange mode and batch exchange mode, the latter allowing for the exchange of multiple requests or responses within one message.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the Member State in whose territory there was a failure to pay a road fee decides to initiate such proceedings, that Member State shall, in accordance with its national law, inform validly and in due time the owner, the holder of the vehicle or the otherwise identified person suspected of failing to pay the road fee. This information shall, as applicable under national law, include the legal consequences thereof within the territory of the Member State in which there was a failure to pay a road fee under the law of that Member State.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the national laws, regulations or administrative provisions transposing Directive (EU) 2016/680 shall apply to personal data processed under this Directive. The processing of personal data shall be in full compliance with all fundamental rights.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall firmly commit to ensureing that personal data processed under this Directive are, within an appropriate time period, rectified if inaccurate, or erased or restricted, and that a time limit for the storage of data is established in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the national laws, regulations or administrative provisions transposing Directive (EU) 2016/680.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall firmly commit to ensureing that all personal data processed under this Directive are only used for the purpose of facilitating the cross-border exchange of information on failures to pay road fees, and that the data subjects have the same rights to information, access, rectification, erasure and blocking, compensation and judicial redress as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the national laws, regulations or administrative provisions transposing Directive (EU) 2016/680.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Any person concerned shall have the right to obtain without hindrance information on which personal data recorded in the Member State of registration were transmitted to the Member State in which there was a failure to pay a road fee, including the date of the request and the competent authority of the Member State in whose territory there was a failure to pay a road fee.